Ekim Arbatli

• American Political Science Association;
• Midwest Political Science Association.

Best Teacher – 2020, 2019, 2018

• “Divide and conquer: Presidents, parliaments, and political polarization during electoral campaigns” (with Kivanc Akoz and Dina Rosenberg), XXIII. Yasin International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, April 5-8, 2022.
• “Divide and conquer: Presidents, parliaments, and political polarization during electoral campaigns” (with Kemal Kivanc Akoz and Dina Rosenberg), Political Polarization Symposium, Bedrosian Center on Governance, University of Southern California, November 23, 2021.
• Varieties of Populism in East and West Workshop, Freie Universität Berlin and Higher School of Economics, May 27, 2021. 
• “United we stand, divided we rule: How polarization erodes democracy” (with Dina Rosenberg), APSA Annual Meeting, September 10-13, 2020.
• "How to raise a pious generation: Local government control and the rise of religious associations in Turkey " (with Cemal Eren Arbatli), NPSA Annual Meeting, Phildelphia/PA, November 7-9, 2019. 
• "How to Raise a Pious Generation: Local Government Control and the Rise of Religious Associations in Turkey" (with Cemal Eren Arbatli), Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago / IL, April 4-7, 2019.
• “Against all odds: Elite strategies of survival, autocratic reversal and resilience in Turkey” (with Oksan Bayulgen and Sercan Canbolat), HSE Political Science Departmental Seminar Series, Moscow, November 23, 2017.
• “Turkish democracy in crisis: Incumbent takeover, autocratic resilience and the future of the regime”, HSE Open Lectures, Moscow, September 14, 2017.
• "Democratic Developments: A Regional Perspective", Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, June 30, 2017.
• "Endurance of competitive authoritarian regimes: Elite strategies and neo-authoritarian stabilization in Turkey" (with Oksan Bayulgen and Sercan Canbolat), SSSA Annual Meeting, Austin / TX, April 12-15, 2017. (presentation by co-authors)
•  "Turkish experience of non-resource development" (with Cemal Eren Arbatli), Carnegie Moscow Center, Russian Economic Challenge Conference, Moscow, March 23, 2017.
• "Understanding military coups after the Cold War: Emerging trends and Turkey as a case study", HSE Open Talks Series, Moscow, March 14, 2017.
• "Occupation of public space as an experiment in participatory democracy: Gezi protests in Turkey", Nordic Exploratory Workshop on Epistemic Democracy, Turku, October 29, 2016.
• "Electing the voters: Strategies of clientelism in Russia and Turkey" (with Dina Rosenberg), Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago / IL, April 7-10, 2016.  
• "Hybrid Breakdowns and Populist Autocrats: The Rise of Putinism and Erdoganism" (with Oksan Bayulgen and Sercan Canbolat), Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago / IL, April 16-19, 2015. (presentation by co-authors)
• "Hybrid Breakdowns and Electoral Authoritarianism: The Russian and Turkish Political Regimes in Comparative Perspective" (with Oksan Bayulgen and Sercan Canbolat), XVI. April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April 7-10, 2015.
• "Young Democracies", Interdisciplinary Net 1 ^st of Global Conference: Revolt and Revolution, Athens You, November 4-6, 2013. (panel chair)
• "Oil and (Non) Democratic Politics: Explaining Resource Nationalism in Hybrid Regimes", Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago / IL, April 11-14, 2013.
• "Political Regimes, Investment Risk and Resource Nationalism: An Empirical Analysis", XIV. April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Moscow, April 2-5, 2013.
• "The Baltic Quest for Security: Threat Perception and Identity Construction in the National Security Debate", 8th Convention of the Central and East European International Studies Association, Istanbul, June 15-17, 2011.  
• "Poking the Bear: The Russia - Georgia conflict in the US media and public opinion" (with Oksan Bayulgen), Annual Meeting of International Studies Association, Montreal, March 16-19, 2011. 
• "Security Threats and Regime Persistence: An Empirical Analysis" (with Cemal Eren Arbatli), Annual Meeting of American Political Science Association, Washington / DC, September 2-5, 2010. (poster presentation)
• "Persistence of military regimes: Do external and internal security threats facilitate democratic transition?" (With Cemal Eren Arbatli), Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago / IL, April 22-25, 2010.
• "Poking the Bear: The Russia - Georgia conflict in the US media and public opinion" (with Oksan Bayulgen), Annual Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago / IL, April 2-5, 2009. (presentation by co-author)
• "Persistence of military regimes and democratic consolidation: The case of Turkey", University of Connecticut Democracy and Democratization Conference, Storrs / CT, February 27-28, 2009.

• Erasmus+ Mobility Program International Grant, University of Iceland. (June 2017)
• CAS Individual Research Grant, Center for Advanced Studies, HSE. (2013-2014)

• Associate Professor, School of Political Science, Higher School of Economics. (September 2018 - )
• Assistant Professor, School of Political Science, HSE. (2012 - 2018)
• Research Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies, HSE. (2012 - 2016)